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Deuteronomy 9:8 Cross-References
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“Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.”
Deuteronomy 9:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:8
The golden calf incident at Horeb (Sinai) was Israel's paradigmatic rebellion—creating idols while receiving covenant law. The phrase 'ye provoked the LORD to wrath' uses strong language: hikhtastem (provoked to anger). The severity is shown: 'the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you'—complete annihilation was justified. Only Moses' intercession prevented it (vv. 18-20, 25-29). This demonstrates: (1) sin's seriousness—idolatry merits destruction; (2) God's righteous anger against covenant violation; (3) mediation's necessity—Moses stood between guilty Israel and holy God, prefiguring ...
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 9:8
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“and worshiped a molten image.”
“Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!,And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:, וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֶךְ־רֵד כִּי שִׁחֵת עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלֵיתָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃ ,And the LORD spoke unto Moses: Go”
“and the writing was the writing of God”